>>> COMMUNITY IN INDIANA IS IN
SHOCK TONIGHT, AFTER WATCHING
SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE DEAL WITH AN
EPIDEMIC OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, WE
HAVE ONE THAT HAS HIT NEAR HOME.
>> IT IS 4:00, I'M ANNEMARIE
TIERNON, WE CONTINUE WITH THE
COVERAGE OF THE SHOOTING IN
NOBLESVILLE TODAY.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> IT HAS BEEN A TRE VE
>> IT HAS BEEN A TRVEVE
>> IT HAS BEEN A TRVERY TRAUMATC
>> IT HAS BEEN A TRVERY TRAUMAT
DAY.
>> A STUDENT AND TEACHER ARE
INJURED AND A STUDENT IS IN
CUSTODY.
THEY'RE AT THE YOUNG MAN'S HOME.
SCOTT SWAN IS AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL AND HE HAS THE LATEST
FROM THERE.
>> Reporter: FIRST AND FOREMOST,
AN UPDATE ON THIS TEACHER WHO
WAS SHOT TODAY HERE AT
NOBLESVILLE WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE GOT THIS OFF THE FACEBOOK
PAGE OF HIS MOM, CHRISTIE
SEAMAN.
SHE POSTED, JASON SEAMAN IS OUT
OF SURGERY, AND IS DOING WELL,
THREE SHOTS, ONE THROUGH THE
ABDOMEN, THE HIM AND FOREARM.
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PLEASE PLAYRAY FOR THE STUDENT A
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SHOT TODAY.
THAT'S THE LASTEST FROM THE MOM,
JASON APPEARS TO BE A HERO
TODAY, WE'LL GET MORE TO JASON'S
CONDITION FROM THE HOSPITAL,
COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT, BUT
I WANT TO BRING IN POLITICAL
REPORTER, KEVIN RADER ON THE
SCENE TODAY.
KEVIN, YOU'VE BEEN COVERING AND
TALKING WITH INVESTIGATORS, AND
FOUND OUT THAT JI
FOUND OUT THAT JASON SEAMAN
WASN'T THE ONLY HERO.
>> Reporter: THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
HE WAS NOT THE HERO TODAY.
THAT'S A POINT THAT WAS REALLY
DRIVEN HOME BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE.
AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT SOUND,
KEVIN, YOU WERE HERE AT THIS
NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, AND CAN
BRING THE VIEWERS UP TO SPEED IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE STATE POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT SAID.
>> I DO WANT TO, BUT FIRST, I
WANT TO SHOW YOU, SCOTT,
SOMETHING TO THE RIGHT.
KIDS WERE RUNNING FOR THEIR
LIVES FROM HERE.
IS IT A SURPRISE WE MIGHT SEE A
SHOE, AND SAY FORGET THIS, I'M
GETTING OUT OF HERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING HERE
AT OUTSIDE THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT HIT HARD ON ONE THING, WE'VE
ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT OBVIOUSLY
THE TEACHER WHO WAS VERY HEROIC
IN ALL OF THIS.
AND IN FACT, AT 6'6", SMALL
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER, HE MAY
HAVE MADE THE GREATEST TACKLE IN
HIS CAREER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I'VE BEEN
TOLD BYNUM RUSS PEOPLE HERE
TODAY THAT THERE WERE OTHER
HEROS HERE TODAY.
THE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER,
WHO WAS QUICK TO RESPOND.
I'M ALSO TOLD, SCOTT, STUDENTS
RESPONDED AND HAD A BIG ROLE IN
THIS TODAY.
I'M TOLD JUST HOLD IT UP A
LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE DON'T FOCUS
ON JUST ONE HERO.
THERE ARE MANY HERE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO TELL ALL
THEIR STORIES SOON.
>> CERTAINLY OVER THE HOURS AND
DAYS TO COME, I THINK WE'LL
LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE
HEROISM THAT WAS IN THE
CLASSROOM TODAY.
A LITTLE BIT BEFORE 9:00, WHEN
GUNSHOTS ERUPTED AND WHAT POLICE
ARE TELLING US RIGHT NOW IS THAT
A STUDENT EXCUSED HIMSELF FROM
CLASS THIS MORNING, WENT OUT,
CAME BACK IN WITH TWO HANDGUNS,
AND OPENED FIRE.
A TEACHER THAT WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT, JASON SEAMAN AND STUDENT,
13-YEAR-OLD, WERE BOTH WOUNDED
IN THAT GUNFIRE.
WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THAT
TEACHER AND OTHERS PERHAPS WERE
ABLE TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURIES
INSIDE OF THAT ONE CLASSROOM
TODAY.
LIVE TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES IN
DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS, CARLOS
DIAZ JOINS US LIVE FROM IU
METHODIST HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,
SCOTT.
THIS STARTED IN THE MORNING UP
IN NOBLESVILLE, AS YOU SAID,
JASON SEAMAN CAME TO THIS
HOSPITAL, THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE
WAS BROUGHT HERE AT AROUND 10:15
THIS MORNING BY A PARAMEDIC
AMBULANCE, ALL THE WAY FROM
NOBLESVILLE BECAUSE THIS IS A
TRAUMA ONE MEDICAL CENTER, AND
HAS BEEN REPORTED BY HIS MOM ON
FACEBOOK, THERE WERE ALLEGEDLY
THREE GUN SHOUT WOUND
THREE GUN SHOUSHWOUND
THREE GUN SHOUSHOTUND
THREE GUN SHOUSHOT WD
THREE GUN SHOUSHOT WOUNDS HE SUF
THREE GUN SHOUSHOT WOUNDS HE SUE
THREE GUN SHOUSHOT WOUNDS HE SUD
AND GOT THE CARE HE NEEDED RIGHT
HERE AT METHODIST HOSPITAL AT IU
HEALTH.
THIS WAS A VERY CHAOTIC DAY,
BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OFFICER WHO
WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN AT
7:30 THIS MORNING, AN OFFICER ON
A MOTORCYCLE, AND THAT HAPPENED
AT 7:30 THIS MORNING.
SO YOU HAD A LOT OF POLICE
OFFICERS COMING BY ON
MOTORCYCLES TO GIVE SUPPORT TO
THAT OFFICER.
THAT HAPPENED AT 7:30.
THEN AT 10:15, YOU HAD JASON
SEAMAN COMING DOWN FROM
NOBLESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HE
WAS BROUGHT HERE AS WELL.
THEN ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, HIS
FAMILY WAS BROUGHT HERE, INDIANA
STATE TROOPER BROUGHT THEM TO
SEE HIM AT THAT TIME.
HE HAS BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY WORD ON
HIS CONDITION, AND WHEN WE DO,
>> Reporter: I WANT TO BRING IN
MY COLLEAGUE, EMILY, WHO JOINS
ME AT NOBLESVILLE WEST MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
EMILY, THIS WAS A CHAOTIC DAY
FOR STAFF MEMBERS, TEACHERS, AND
OF COURSE, PARENTS OF STUDENT,
WASN'T IT?
>> Reporter: IT CERTAINLY WAS,
SCOTT.
TRAUMATIC FOR THE FOLKS THAT
WERE INSIDE NOBLESVILLE WEST
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW
TRAUMATIC IT WAS FOR THE PARENTS
TO GET CALLS AND TEXTS FROM
THEIR CHILDREN, AND THAT'S HOW
THEY LEARNED MANY OF THEM, THAT
THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
INSIDE THIS SCHOOL.
MANY OF THE SAME PARENTS ASKING
WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO STOP THIS
KIND OF VIOLENCE, LIKE THIS DAD
THAT WE SPOKE WITH.
HE HAS A SON HERE IN SIXTH
GRADE.
>> SO MANY GUNS EVERYWHERE, I
DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
STOP IT.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THE
GUNS OFF THE STREET, GREAT IF
THE KIDS COULD GO TO SCHOOL AND
LEARN HAVE FUN AND MAKE MEMORIES
WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
BUT THE GUN CULTURE WON'T LET US
DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO AS PARENTS SEND
OUR KIDS OFF TO A KILLING FIELD.
UNTIL THAT CHANGES AND WE BOTH
KNOW IT WON'T, THERE IS NOTHING
WE CAN DO.
>> Reporter: NOW MANY OF THESE
SAME PARENTS ASKING WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS
OVER, WHAT HAPPENS COME TUESDAY,
WHEN THEY NEED TO SEND THEIR
CHILDREN BACK TO THIS SCHOOL.
MANY SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO.
MANY KIDS SAYING THEY DON'T WANT
TO COME BACK.
SCOTT.
>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A
TERRIFYING DAY FOR MANY PARENTS
HERE IN NOBLESVILLE.
EMILY, THANKS FOR YOUR COVERAGE.
SENATOR TODD YOUNG WAS IN
EVANSVILLE WHEN YOU GOT NEWS OF
THIS SHOOTING.
WHAT DID YOU THINK, AND YOU'VE
BEEN HERE TALKING WITH
AUTHORITIES.
WHAT HAVE YOU SINCE LEARNED?
>> WELL, GOODNESS, YOU NEVER
WANT THIS TO HAPPEN HERE IN THE
STATE OF INDIANA OR IN YOUR
BACKYARD.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP HERE IN THIS
COUNTY.
I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE.
I HAVE FAMILY WHO ATTENDS PUBLIC
SCHOOLS HERE.
SO THIS HIT REALLY CLOSE TO
HOME.
AND MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE,
GOSH, NUMBER ONE, I HOPE NO ONE
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT THE
CASE.
AND SECONDARILY, WE WANT TO PRAY
THAT EVERYONE IS RECOVERS, IF AT
ALL POSSIBLE.
THEIR STATUS IS UNCERTAIN RIGHT
NOW.
SO MY FOCUS, AND MY PRAYERS
RIGHT NOW ARE WITH ALL THOSE
INVOLVED.
I ALSO MANY THINKING OF COURSE
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, BY ALL
ACCOUNTS, DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB
WITH THE HEROIC TEACHER TO HELP
CONTAIN THIS VERY HORRIBLE
SITUATION.
>> BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE
STAFF THAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
TO, WHAT CAN YOU SHED LIGHT ON
IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE
THE CLASSROOM TODAY?
>> YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING A
LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE?
WHAT WOULD INFLUENCE SOMEONE TO
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TO LASH OUT
AT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD
TAKE THEIR LIFE AWAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHY A YOUNG PERSON
WOULD ENGAGE IN THAT SORT OF
HORRIFIC ACT.
BUT THAT'S THE SORT OF QUESTION
WE NEED TO BE ANSWERING, MOVING
FORWARD.
I AIM TO DO MY PART, MOVING
FORWARD.
OUR CHURCHES NEED TO DO THEIR
PART, OUR FAMILIES WORKING WITH
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENT
AT EVERY LEVEL, AND SO I'M
REALLY PROUD OF HOW THE
COMMUNITY IS RESPONDED, AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE
ELSE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION,
MOVING FORWARD.
>> MY LAST QUESTION.
THIS IS A STAGGERING STATISTIC.
SO FAR IN 2018, 21 SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH
NOBLESVILLE WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
BEING THE MOST RECENT.
WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE BY LAW
MAKERS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF SCHOOL SHOOTING.
>> THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME
FOR SOLUTIONS.
TODAY, I'M FOCUSED ON THE
FAMILIES, VICTIM, MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS I POSED.
WHY DOES AN INDIVIDUAL TARGET
ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL?
WHY DO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DO THIS?
THERE OUGHT TO BE COMPLETE RE
REASSURANCE FOR EVERY PARENT,
WHEN THEY DROP THEIR KIDS OFF TO
SCHOOL, AS I DROP MY KIDS OFF
THIS MORNING, THEY WILL BE SAFE
AND SECURE FOR THE DURATION OF
THE DAY.
>> SENATOR TODD YOUNG, THANKS
FOR JOINING US LIVE ON CHANNEL
13.
WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE BY GOING
OVER TO NOBLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL,
AND WE'RE GOING TO -- WE'LL GET
BACK TO STEVE JEFFERSON IN A
MOMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR THE MOMENT, LET'S GET BACK
TO JOHN AND ANNEMARIE BACK IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SCOTT.
THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE ON WHAT
HAS BEEN A VERY LONG AND
EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THE
NOBLESVILLE COMMUNITY AND
CENTRAL INDIANA.
>> CERTAINLY, DIDN'T SEEM LIKE
IT WAS GOING TO START OFF THAT
DAY.
TODAY IS CARB DAY, BEAUTIFUL
WEATHER.
IT SEEMS TO BE HOLDING FOR THE
WEEKEND, ALL THE FESTIVITIES
AROUND INDIANAPOLIS.
BUT THAT'S PART OF THE NATURE OF
EVENTS LIKE THIS.
YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHEN AND WHERE
THEY'LL HAPPEN.
THIS IS IN FACT THE 21st SCHOOL
SHOOTING SO FAR IN 2018.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT 21st
INCIDENT HIT US AT HOME RIGHT
HERE IN NOBLESVILLE.
>> CERTAINLY, IT IS ALMOST A
SHOOTING A WEEK, AS CNN HAS BEEN
REPORTING EARLIER TODAY.
>>> HAPPENING TONIGHT, QUITE A
BIT THAT'S HAPPENING WEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.
>> IT IS CARB DAY.
THOUSANDS OF RACE FANS AT THE
MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR A DAY OF
RACING AND CONCERTS, AND COMING
UP, WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOOK AT
HOW POLICE ARE KEEPING FANS SAFE
THERE.
>>> IT WAS A WARM DAY.
MIDDLE AND UPPER 80s ACROSS
CENTRAL INDIANA.
HEAT WILL BE THE ISSUE THIS
WEEKEND.
I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST.
>> THE WEIRD LOOK ON HIS FACE,
AND THEN HE REACHED INTO HIS
RIGHT POCKET AND PULLED OUT A
HAND-HELD GUN.
>> WE'RE HEARING FROM STUDENTS
IN THE CLASSROOM TODAY, WHEN
POLICE SAY A YOUNG STUDENT
OPENED FIRE.
THE FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS ARE
NEXT.
>> OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF
THE SHOOTING AT NOBLESVILLE W
>>> AND WELCOME BACK TO
NOBLESVILLE WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL,
I'M SCOTT SWAN.
WE CONTINUE OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE TODAY OF THE SHOOTING
THAT TOOK PLACE.
AGAIN, ONE SUSPECT IS IN
CUSTODY.
A TEACHER AND A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
ARE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW,
WE'LL GET UPDATES ON THEIR
CONDITIONS COMING UP SHORTLY
HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS.
AT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON,
INVESTIGATORS AND AUTHORITIES
HAVE BEEN CANVASSING THIS MIDDLE
SCHOOL, LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE.
WANTED TO TALKED TO ABOUT HOW
QUICKLY LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ABLE
TO GET HERE ON THE SCENE, AND
CONTAIN THE INFORMATION.
ONE OF THOSE WHO SPOKE VERY
PROUDLY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
IMPACT WAS STATE POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT DOUG CARTER.
>> I'M GOING TO TELL THEM ABOUT
THE EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE,
PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES, MEDIA
PARTNERS ALL OVER.
WE'RE GETTING CALLS FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY, AND HERE WE GO
AGAIN.
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
IT IS JUST REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
>> Reporter: YEAH, VERY
UNFORTUNATE.
TODAY, THE GOOD NEWS, REPORTEDLY
THE JASON SEAMAN, SEVENTH GRADE
TEACHER IS OUT OF SURGERY.
HE WAS HIT BY THREE BULLETS.
THE WORD WE'RE GETTING FROM HIS
MOM'S FACEBOOK PAGE TONIGHT.
THE STUDENTS HERE AT NOBLESVILLE
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE
IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED TO NEARBY
NOBLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY TO
BE REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS.
THAT'S WHERE OUR TEAM COVERAGE
CONTINUES TONIGHT AT 4:00, WITH
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE
JEFFERSON.
STEVE.
>> Reporter: YEAH, SCOTT.
THIS WAS THE RENDEZVOUS PLACE,
NOBLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, PARENTS
CAME AND PICKED UP THEIR
CHILDREN.
IMAGINE, MORE THAN 1,000 PARENTS
SHOWING UP, FRANTICALLY.
THIS AREA YOU SEE HERE WAS A
MAKESHIFT PARKING LOT ON THE
GRASS FOR PARENTS CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN TRYING TO
GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, SOME OF
THEM DID GET IN, BUT THEN THEY
HAD TO PUT THE HIGH SCHOOL HERE
ON LOCKDOWN TEMPORARILY.
WE TALKED TO PARENTS WHILE THEY
WERE GOING IN, AND COMING OUT.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> NO, IT IS NOT THERE.
NO CHILD SHOULD BE SCARED TO GO
TO SCHOOL.
TEACHERS SHOULDN'T BE SCARED TO
GO TO SCHOOL.
PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE SCARED TO
SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
I MEAN, I AM A MIDDLE
SCHOOLTEACHER, WHO STAYS HOME
WITH MY KIDS NOW, AND I'VE HEARD
IT WAS A SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER
WHO TACKLED THE SHOOTER.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT
TEACHERS DO FOR KIDS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE
OTHER PARENTS WAITING?
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF RELIEF
RIGHT NOW?
>> SELFISHLY, I HAVE RELIEF THAT
MY NEPHEW IS PHYSICALLY OKAY,
BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO
MANY SCARCE, I
MANY SCARCES I
MANY SCARCES FROM THIS, I CAN'T
EVEN IMAGINE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY,
BESIDES THANK GOD THEY'RE
PHYSICALLY OKAY, BUT NOW THE
REST OF THE WORK STARTS OF
MAKING THEM OKAY.
>> SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND AS YOU MENTIONED,
TEACHERS ARE NOW HAVING TO DEAL
WITH SO MUCH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE OTHER
TEACHERS THAT GO TO WORK
EVERYDAY?
>> THAT YOU'RE HEROS, AND I KNOW
WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE I AM ONE OF
YOU, AND I LIKE TO I THINK WOULD
DO EXACTLY WHAT TEACHERS DID
TODAY.
BUT MOST TEACHERS HAVE THEIR OWN
CHILDREN, TOO, THAT THEY WANT TO
GO HOME TO.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE COMPLAINS
ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING
WITH YOUR KIDS, WHILE THEY
PROBABLY HAVE KIDS ALSO.
THEY WANT TO GET HOME TO.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THE LONG
WAIT FOR SOME OF THE PARENTS,
SOME OF THEM WAITING TWO HOURS,
SOME TWO AND A HALF, SOME THREE
HOURS, THEY GAVE COMPLIMENTS TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT HOW THEY HANDLED
THE REUNITING THEM WITH STUDENTS
HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR,
WE'LL HEAR FROM A SEVENTH GRADER
WHO HEARD THE GUNSHOTS AND HEARD
HIS COACH TACKLING THE SHOOTER.
THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR.
BACK TO YOU, SCOTT.
>> Reporter: I CAN'T EVEN
IMAGINE HOW FRIGHTENING THAT
MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THOSE
CHILDREN WHO WERE INSIDE THE
SCHOOL TODAY WHEN GUNFIRE EE
RUNTS
RU -S
RU --
ERUPTED.
THE PARENT THAT STEVENTER VIEWED
INTERVIEWED, THE STUDENT BEING
PHYSICALLY OKAY, BUT DEALING
WITH THE EMOTIONAL SCARS OF WHAT
THEY'VE SEEN TODAY, IMAGINE
BEING A PARENT AND HAVING TO
EXPLAIN TO YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT SCHOOL.
EVEN IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
DIDN'T ATTEND NOBLESVILLE WEST
MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO
BE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, MOM.
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, DAD AT AT
THAT SCHOOL.
WE HAD ON OUR NEWSCAST TODAY A
BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST FROM
COMMUNITY HEALTH HOSPITAL TO
HELP PARENTS GET SOME ADVICE ON
HOW TO TALK TO THEIR STUDENTS
ABOUT THE VIOLENCE THAT THEY'VE
EXPERIENCED TODAY.
>> I GUESS THE QUESTION IS YOUR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST, WE
HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE
THE WEEKEND OFF, TAKE THE
HOLIDAY OFF, COME BACK NEXT
TUESDAY.
IS IT GOING TO BE GOOD TO GO
BACK TO THE SCENE OF WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY, AND SORT OF
PROCESS, BEGIN PROCESSING IT AT
THAT POINT?
>> I THINK ANY TIME WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO
STRUCTURE, TO GO BACK TO THE
FAMILIAR, CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT, AND I'M
SURE THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE
COUNSELORS IN PLACE TO HELP THE
STUDENTS TO PROCESS.
>> AND MENTION THAT MANY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HAVE THE LAST DAY OF
SCHOOL TODAY.
IF THAT WERE THE CASE THE
NOBLESVILLE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO
WAIT THE ENTIRE SUMMER BEFORE
GOING BACK.
>> I THINK A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE
VERY MINDFUL OF THAT, AND
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO
STILL COME BACK, EVEN IF IT IS
NOT A SCHOOL DAY, TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO
COUNSELORS.
I THINK JUST ANY TIME WE GIVE
STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HEARD, TO PROCESS THEIR
FEELINGS, ONE OF THE STUDENTS
SAID IT SO ELOQUENTLY EARLIER,
PROCESS FEELINGS AND MOVE
FORWARD IN A HEALTHY WAY, THAT'S
REALLY BENEFICIAL.
>> ALL RIGHT, JENNY.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT WE HEARD THAT
COUNSELOR TALKED TODAY ABOUT WAS
ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO BE GOOD
LISTENERS TONIGHT AND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS THE CHILDREN WANT
TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
THEY HAVE HEARD ON TV, WHAT THEY
MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED IF THEY
WERE IN THIS SCHOOL, OR WHAT
THEY MAY HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER
SCHOOLS.
ALLOWING THE CHILDREN TO GO
AHEAD AND START THE
CONVERSATION, AND REASSURING
THEM ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY IN
THEIR OWN PARTICULAR SCHOOLS.
THAT WILL BE A STORY WE'LL
CONTINUE TO COVER HERE ON OUR
SPECIAL EDITION OF EYE WITNESS
NEWS.
ANN, JOHN, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT LESSON THAT
EVERY CHILD WILL PROCESS THIS
DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT PARENTS,
YOU ARE THE EXPERTS OF YOUR
CHILDREN, AND SO REALLY HAVE